ext_21044 ([identity profile] muckefuck.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] muckefuck 2014-04-22 12:53 am (UTC)

According to the OED, the genus name is "of unknown origin".

Both Spanish perillas, on the other hand, share an origin as diminutives of pera "pear". (I suppose a goatee is like an inverted pear?)

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